Diogenes

Diogenes (pronunciation: /daɪˈɒdʒəˌniz/, /daɪˈɒɡəˌniz/; Διογένης) is a Greek name shared by several important historical figures, the best-known of whom is probably the philosopher Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BC), better known as Diogenes the Cynic or simply Diogenes. Others named Diogenes include:

• Diogenes of Apollonia or Diogenes Apolloniates (c. 460 BC), philosopher
• Diogenes of Athens (tragedian) (late 5th century or early 4th century BC), writer of tragedies
• Diogenes of Babylon or "Diogenes the Stoic" (c. 230 – c. 150 BC), Stoic philosopher from Seleucia, frequently confused with the following
• Diogenes of Seleucia (Epicurean) (died 146 BC), Epicurean philosopher and adviser to King Alexander of Syria
• Antonius Diogenes (2nd century BC), A Greek romance writer, most notable for his work The Wonders of Thule
• Diogenes of Tarsus (2nd century BC), Epicurean philosopher
• Diogenes of Judea (fl. c. 100–76 BC), general and advisor of Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus
• Diogenes of Athens (sculptor) (late 1st century BC–early 1st century AD), sculptor who worked in Augustan Rome
• Diogenes (explorer) (1st century CE), Greek merchant and explorer
• Diogenes of Byzantium (114–129 AD), bishop of Byzantium
• Diogenes of Oenoanda (2nd century AD), Epicurean
• Diogenes Laërtius (between 200–500 AD), historian and philologist
• Diogenes (bishop of Edessa) (d. 411/412)
• Constantine Diogenes (died 1032), Byzantine general
• Romanos IV Diogenes (died 1072), Byzantine emperor 1068–1071, son of Constantine Diogenes
• Nikephoros Diogenes, Byzantine general, son of Romanos IV
• Diogenes syndrome, a misnomer for a mental disorder

Note: "Diogenes" is sometimes confused with the name of Digenes Akritas, the hero of a famous Byzantine epic.

Biology

• Diogenes (genus) is a genus of hermit crabs

In modern literature

• Diogenes (journal) from the International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies
• Diogenes Verlag, a Swiss publishing house
• The Diogenes Club, named after Diogenes of Sinope, co-founded by Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft
• Diogenes, an interstellar scout ship in Poul Anderson's The Entity
• Diogenes Small, fictional character created by Colin Dexter in the Inspector Morse series of books
• Diogenes Pendergast, fictional character from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergast series of books
• Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, the fictional philosopher of Clothes Philosophy described in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus